Early Career Academics In New Zealand: Challenges And Prospects In Comparative Perspective (the Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession In International Comparative Perspective)
by Kathryn A. Sutherland /
2017 / English / PDF
2.9 MB Download
What does it mean to be starting an academic career in the twenty
first century? What challenges and prospects are new academics
facing and how are they dealing with these? This book provides
answers to these questions through an investigation of the
experiences of early career academics in New Zealand
universities. Filling a gap in the international literature on
the academic profession by providing a comprehensive overview of
the experiences of New Zealand academics, the book includes
research findings from a national survey covering all eight New
Zealand universities. This research is also compared with various
findings from the 2007 Changing Academic Profession survey in 19
other countries. The book encourages readers to think about the
early career academic experience in New Zealand in relation to
their own experiences of the academic profession internationally.
What does it mean to be starting an academic career in the twenty
first century? What challenges and prospects are new academics
facing and how are they dealing with these? This book provides
answers to these questions through an investigation of the
experiences of early career academics in New Zealand
universities. Filling a gap in the international literature on
the academic profession by providing a comprehensive overview of
the experiences of New Zealand academics, the book includes
research findings from a national survey covering all eight New
Zealand universities. This research is also compared with various
findings from the 2007 Changing Academic Profession survey in 19
other countries. The book encourages readers to think about the
early career academic experience in New Zealand in relation to
their own experiences of the academic profession internationally.Key areas of focus in the nine chapters include: the teaching,
research, and service preferences and activities of early career
academics; work-life balance; satisfaction; the experiences of
Māori academics; and professional development and support for all
early career academics. Underpinning the book is the issue of the
socialisation of early career academics into the academic
profession in the twenty first century, and how structure and
agency interact to affect that socialisation. Suggestions are made,
and links to freely available online resources are provided, for
improving socialisation at the individual, departmental,
institutional, and national levels.
Key areas of focus in the nine chapters include: the teaching,
research, and service preferences and activities of early career
academics; work-life balance; satisfaction; the experiences of
Māori academics; and professional development and support for all
early career academics. Underpinning the book is the issue of the
socialisation of early career academics into the academic
profession in the twenty first century, and how structure and
agency interact to affect that socialisation. Suggestions are made,
and links to freely available online resources are provided, for
improving socialisation at the individual, departmental,
institutional, and national levels.
